Tag: writing
It Ain’t Crazy Being a Cat Lady
“Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend has never been owned by a cat.” – Unknown One of my earliest memories is of our dog Smokie. She was a present from my godfather. He raised hunting dogs but said that her nature was too gentle, and he was afraid forcing her to hunt would ...Cardinal Rules
Monochromatic color splayed like a smudge on the horizon. A cardinal flits across my view. A bright red fleck in snow.Randomized Chaos: Shower Thoughts
I like the idea of shower thoughts, the things your brain wanders to when you’re stark naked under hot water- or cold, if you’re an absolute monster (seriously, who takes cold showers). But what specifically are shower thoughts? Well, they’re brief ideas or epiphanies that come to you when you’re in the middle of doing ...Reasoning That Falls Flat
Unbelievably, in this day and age, there is a small pocket of people who still believe that the Earth is flat. When my son mentioned this to me on the way to school one day, I thought he was joking. Why would any reasonable, sane, person with a modicum of common sense seriously believe our ...Anxiety
My heartbeat quickens. The need to do anything. A sickening feeling within my heart. I feel I must move. My fingers, my legs, something. Before I lose myself and fall apart. It squeezes and tightens its grip As if I were a rag drenched in water Yet, no matter how many droplets free ...Second Sun Horizon – Chapter Two – Part Two
Chapter One – Part One Chapter One – Part Two Chapter Two – Part One The village sat in an eerie quiet. No children ran around. Adults were not out to do any manner of chores. The guards that had encircled the healer’s hut seemed to have abandoned their posts. Wood piles meant for ...Shadow Field Chronicles, Part 2: Prophecy
Part 1 *** The oracle’s eye sockets were not filled with flesh and veins. Alternatively, where life should have resided, a sickly yellow light took its place. Most of the form of the oracle was, in fact, light. When one gave themselves fully to the power of the gods, the gods remade them. Many who ...The Decade Challenge: Past, Present, And Future
Photos courtesy of Sarah Sweeney 2009 to 2019 The Decade Challenge: Past, Present, And Future Now that a new decade is upon us, I have been reflecting on the past 10 years. At a quick glance, after just turning 35 years old I am definitely not ...The Chase
I always thought that writers had a desk they needed to sit at in order for the ideas to start coming out. I thought they had a very specific routine where they had to have their favorite beverage just the right temperature and it couldn’t be anything less than perfect. This is why I didn’t ...Infected: Chapter 2
“Hadera, you okay?” A stocky man asked one of his longtime colleagues. Hadera jolted from her spot at her workstation as she looked up at the gentleman that startled her. “Oh um…yea, I’m fine. Just…I’m just really tired,” Hadera lied as she tried to adjust herself in her seat. Truth be told, she wasn’t feeling ...
